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SpanFromBoth

is a symbol that can appear at a particular position in a Grid or related construct to indicate that the corresponding position is occupied by a spanning element that appears above and to its left.

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SpanFromBoth

SpanFromBoth

is a symbol that can appear at a particular position in a Grid or related construct to indicate that the corresponding position is occupied by a spanning element that appears above and to its left.

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Basic Examples  (2)

Span throughout a 2×2 block:

Wolfram Language code: Grid[{{1, SpanFromLeft, 3}, {SpanFromAbove, SpanFromBoth, 6}, {7, 8, 9}}, Frame -> All]

Set a red background throughout the spanned region:

Wolfram Language code: Grid[{{Item[1, Background -> Red], SpanFromLeft, 3}, {SpanFromAbove, SpanFromBoth, 6}, {7, 8, 9}}, Frame -> All]

Scope  (2)

Graphics will default to filling the available space:

Wolfram Language code: x = Graphics[Rectangle[], ImageSize -> Automatic];
Wolfram Language code: GraphicsGrid[{{x, SpanFromLeft, x}, {SpanFromAbove, SpanFromBoth, x}, {x, x, x}}, Frame -> All]

An explicit ImageSize setting will prevent this behavior:

Wolfram Language code: x = Graphics[Rectangle[], ImageSize -> {100, 100}];
Wolfram Language code: GraphicsGrid[{{x, SpanFromLeft, x}, {SpanFromAbove, SpanFromBoth, x}, {x, x, x}}, Frame -> All]

Possible Issues  (1)

To span across both rows and columns requires appropriate use of SpanFromBoth:

Wolfram Language code: Grid[{{1, SpanFromLeft, 2}, {SpanFromAbove, SpanFromAbove, 3}, {4, 5, 6}}, Frame -> All]
Wolfram Language code: Grid[{{1, SpanFromLeft, 2}, {SpanFromAbove, SpanFromBoth, 3}, {4, 5, 6}}, Frame -> All]
Wolfram Research (2007), SpanFromBoth, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromBoth.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2007), SpanFromBoth, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromBoth.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "SpanFromBoth." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromBoth.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). SpanFromBoth. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromBoth.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_spanfromboth, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SpanFromBoth}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromBoth.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_spanfromboth, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SpanFromBoth}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SpanFromBoth.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}